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Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care for Individuals & Organizations

Wednesday, November 16, 2016We will start at:

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Pacific / 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern

Welcome to the WebinarPresenters:

Jillene Joseph, Executive Director/Founder, Native Wellness Institute

Beckie Masaki, MSW

Father Jeff Putthoff, SJ

Facilitator: Jennifer White, Futures Without Violence

Compassion Fatigue & Self-care

for Individuals And Organizations

Presented by Futures Without Violence in partnership with the

U. S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women

This webinar is part of a project entitled SOS Institute (Supporting Organizational Sustainability Institute)

supported by the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. This webinar presentation

was developed in collaboration with presenters.

This project is supported by Grant No. 2015-TA-AX-K047, awarded by the Office on Violence Against

Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations

expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect

the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

Presenters

Jillene Joseph (Gros Ventre), Executive Director/Founder, Native Wellness Institute. Jillene is an

enrolled member of the Gros Ventre or Aaniiih people from Fort Belknap, Montana. She has served

Indian Country for 30 years. Whether she is providing youth leadership training, assisting women to heal

from childhood trauma or helping to bring wellness to the workplace, Jillene shares her passion for being

positive, productive and proactive.

Beckie Masaki, MSW, is the Senior Program Director of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based

Violence. She co-founded Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) in San Francisco, and served as the founding

executive director for over twenty-eight years. Beckie has extensive experience in providing multilingual,

multicultural services to domestic violence and trafficking survivors and their children, innovative program

development, prevention, community building, policy-making and institutional advocacy.

Father Jeff Putthoff, SJ is a Jesuit priest. Having spent the last 19 years in Camden, NJ where he

founded the nonprofit Hopeworks, working with youth 14-23 who were not in school. He has recently

become the President of St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy in Toledo, OH. He is deeply

interested in brain health, and creating communities of healing. He enjoys speaking nationally on trauma

informed care and organizational life.

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As a result of this webinar, you will be better able to:

• Identify how individual, organizational and work-related factors

contribute to an individual’s experience of secondary trauma or

compassion fatigue and ability to heal from it;

• Discuss the reasons organizations benefit from supporting an

environment where employees practice self-care; and

• Share ideas for how to support self-care at work and create an

organizational climate that prioritizes individual health and wellness.

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Compassion Fatigue

“…the cumulative physical, emotional, and psychological

effect of exposure to traumatic stories or events when

working in a helping capacity, combined with the strain and

stress of everyday life.”

American Bar Association 2014

Symptoms of compassion fatigue can be similar to vicarious

trauma, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout.

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Possible Signs of Compassion Fatigue

Individual

• Emotional exhaustion

• Reduced sense of personal

accomplishment or meaning in work

• Mental exhaustion

• Decreased interactions with others

(isolation)

• Depersonalization (symptoms

disconnected from real causes)

• Physical exhaustion

The American Institute of Stress

Organization

• High absenteeism

• Inability for teams to work well together

• Outbreaks of aggressive behaviors

among staff

• Inability of staff to complete assignments

and tasks

• Negativism towards management

• Inability of staff to believe improvement is

possible

• Lack of a vision for the future

Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project

7Perspectives

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The Reactor Of Trauma

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ACEs: The Story

Felitti Story

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Patti: Where is the safety?

ACEs:

What Happened?

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Poll Questions

I know what is the ACE study

I took the ACE survey that was sent

I know my ACE score

Link to ACE quiz:

http://apps.npr.org/dailygraphics/graphics/quiz-ace/child.html?initialWidth=725&childId=responsive-embed-

quiz-ace#

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Infographic: The Truth About ACEs

http://www.rwjf.org/en/about- rwjf/newsroom/infographics/the-truth-about-aces.html#/embed

Three Types of ACEs

Source: Centers for

Disease Control

and Prevention

Prevalence of ACEs

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Infographic: The Truth About ACEs http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-

rwjf/newsroom/infographics/the-truth-about-aces.html#/embed

Impact of ACEs

Perspectives

Injury

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Perspective Shift: Context

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Zebras Have No Ulcers

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Traveling History

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Vicarious Trauma

Why????? What

happened?

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Self-Care

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Keeping Your Tire Inflated

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Self-Care:

Supervision At Work, Our Tires

Let’s Practice

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1. ACEs allow us to understand INJURY (what has

happened to brain) from toxic-stress so that we

can get to HEALING (resilience).

2. Changing question from “Why?” to “What

happened?” is key to toxic-stress.

Conclusion

3. Awareness of brain health allows

for healing approach focusing on

ecology of toxic-stress and ability

and need to retrain the brain.

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Strategies for Self-care Practices

Native Wellness

Self care is taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually so that we can better live in balance.

Self care is critical to any “healer or

helper” because we can only give

what we have.

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Examples of Self Care in the Workplace

• Regular stretching and movement throughout the day Especially neck, arms, shoulders and fingers if you do computer work

• Getting outside for a walk or fresh air

• Smudging and praying

• Healthy snacks on hand

• A good friend and confidante

• Laughter

• Eating together

• Positive affirmation

• Breathing/meditation

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Examples of Self Care at Home

Exercise

Eating good food

Bath time

Ceremony

Alone time

Being grateful

Good sleep

Taking time for family, community, culture, hobbies

Getting outdoors

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Poll Questions

I have used tools to assist with my self- care practice in

the past

I would consider using a tool to assist with my practice of

self-care in the future

I would not use a tool to assist with the practice of self-

care

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Self-Care

Beckie Masaki’s Experience

I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent.

Caring for myself is an act of survival.

-Audre Lorde

FORWARD STANCE

PRINCIPLES:

Four Key Elements

of Forward Stance

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Building a Culture of Self-care for your Organization

Organizations can influence and support through:

• Wellness planning team

• Work environment

• Support and supervision

• Communication

• Community building

• Education and training

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Simple Steps to Organizational Self Care

• Weekly (if possible) staff check in

• Staff check in that begins with ALL staff writing

down three positive things about clients and colleagues

• Share a few positives before debrief of difficult cases

• Share a few more positives after the difficult cases

• It’s all about how it ends!

• Provides space for reflection

Let’s Practice

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Questions?

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Self-care Commitment

What can I integrate into my work

day/week?

Who could be my support buddy?

• Time

• Inquisitiveness/Thinking

• Spiritual

• Sleep

• Exercise

What steps can I take to create

and sustain a culture of self-care

for my organization or workplace?

Who can support on this?

• Training and Education

• Support and Supervision

• Employee Input

• Communication

• Work Environment

Resources• Secondary Traumatic Stress Webinar

https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/secondary-traumatic-stress-workshop/

• Self & Organization care Checklist http://promising.futureswithoutviolence.org/files/2012/01/Org-and-Self-Care.pdf

• A Parents Self-care and Self-reflection

http://www.defendingchildhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FUTURES-NCTSN-Factsheet-2.pdf

• What About You? A Workbook for Those that Work with Others

http://508.center4si.com/SelfCareforCareGivers.pdf

• Strategies for Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout

https://www.ovcttac.gov/downloads/SAACT/files/prev_comp_fatg.pdf

• Building a Culture of Care: A Guide for Sexual Assault Programs (National SA Coalition)

http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_guides_building-cultures-of-care.pdf

• Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project http://www.compassionfatigue.org/index.html

• 21-Day Challenge: Self-Care for Sustainability & Impact

http://www.movetoendviolence.org/lp/21day-evergreen-challenge/

• Forward Stance http://www.movetoendviolence.org/resources/6040-stance-forward-stance-transformation/

• Poster https://socialwork.buffalo.edu/content/dam/socialwork/home/self-care-kit/self-care-poster.pdf

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Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care for

Individuals & Organizations

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